The annual History Libraries, Archives and Research Day 2016 for MPhil and PhD students and early career researchers (and anyone with an interest in history!) will take place at Senate House between 10.00 – 4.00 on Tuesday 15th November. The day includes an open history fair, showcasing libraries and archives from the London area and beyond (SOAS will be there!) where you can get individual advice on your research,
Making your research available on open access services increases citation and helps ensure greater impact, argues Deborah Lupton. In this post she has advice for sociologists in particular on different ways to self-archive, formatting and how to overcome barriers such as complex copyright legislation. Read the full article here. Deborah Lupton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney. She blogs at This Sociological Life and tweets @DALupton and is currently writing
SOAS Library now provides access to GTA China’s CSMAR China Stock Market Series and the China Listed Firms Research Series. This database is available in English, and both traditional or simplified Chinese. GTA is a leading global provider of China financial market data, China industries and economic data. The Stock Market Data includes end-of-day prices, volume and computed comparable prices of all A shares and B shares companies listed on
Today, the BBC have highlighted the newly published 6th edition of the Democracy Index, from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), focusing on France. The report reflects the situation, as perceived by the EIU at the end of 2013. You can download this report for free from the Economist Intelligence Unit, although you do have to register for access. The report highlights a broader stagnation in the progress of the spread
On Wednesday 15 January 2014, 2-3pm, the UK Data Service is holding a webinar on the structure, content and research potential of the international databases accessible through the service. The UK Data Service is a comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data. Here you will find a single point of access to a wide range of secondary data including
Doing your undergraduate social science dissertation / Karen Smith, Malcolm Todd, and Julia Waldman. Explaining society [electronic resource] : critical realism in the social sciences / Berth Danermark … [et al.] [e-book from ebrary] Case study method : key issues, key texts / edited by Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster. Beyond methodological nationalism : social science research methods in transition / edited by Anna Amelina … [et al.]. Qualitative
Cultural encounters during the Crusades / edited by Kurt Villads Jensen, Kirsi Salonen, Helle Vogt. Monarchy and modernity in Egypt: politics, Islam and neo-colonialism between the wars / James Whidden. The military collapse of China’s Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 / by Kenneth M. Swope. Not even my name: from a death march in Turkey to a new home in America, a young girl’s true story of genocide and survival /
To celebrate the launch of a new platform, the World Bank eLibrary is being made available to us from 30th October 2013 until 31st December 2103. The access is free of charge and the only requirement from the World Bank is that a number of users will give feedback through a questionnaire when the access has concluded. This database provides access to the complete collection of research and information from the
Holy Koran cover (16th century) from the Topkapi Palace Collections Image from Ahmet Karahisari on Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahmet_Karahisari_001.jpg HAZINE is a new website “dedicated to helping scholars conduct research in the Middle East and beyond”. It focuses on practical advice on how to access and use archives, manuscript libraries and other relevant collections in the “greater Islamic world”. The site is launched with features on four major archives in Istanbul – the
Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding : Peace In Between : Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding / Mats Berdal, Astri Suhrke [e-book from ebrary] Ethnographic research in the construction industry / edited by Sarah Pink, Dylan Tutt, and Andrew Dainty. Women and wars / edited by Carol Cohn ; with a foreword by Cynthia Enloe. Development, security, and aid : geopolitics and geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development / Jamey
